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ECON 216 Economy of Ghana II

Credit hours: 
3

International Trade: Balance of payments - measuring and nature; foreign trade statistics, policies to deal with balance of payments deficits, economic aid.

Inflation and Growth; Price Index; Ghana's Consumer Prices Index; Price Policy; Relationship between Inflation and Growth. Monetary sector; the Financial Institutions; Monetary policy in historical perspective, Government and the Economy; Role of government in the economy; the government's budget - sources of revenue, public expenditure; financing budget deficits.

Planning: A comparative study of planning in Ghana.